MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: Seems like new, small- to mid-sized rooms are blooming again in NYC. Just in time for spring, Sear Sound has opened up Studio D, an analog/digital hybrid room that adds a welcome new dimension to the city’s offerings.
A mix/edit/overdub suite, Studio D stands out for a few Read more...
EAST VILLAGE, MANHATTAN: “I feel like my whole life has been leading up to this,” exclaims Shawn “Clown” Crahan, best known for his work in the multi-platinum, Grammy award-winning metal band Slipknot. But it’s not Slipknot he’s talking about here; he’s ecstatic about rejoining his other musical endeavor, Dirty Little Read more...
SOMEWHERE ON LONG ISLAND: The word “inimitable” gets thrown around a lot in music, but when the subject is Fred Schneider, things get a little fuzzy — fact is, just about everyone thinks they can sound just like the B-52’s legendary lead male honker. Wanna practice? Get ready: His vocals Read more...
DUMBO, BROOKLYN: It’s such an exciting time in music. Challenging too, yes. But “exciting” because we live and work in a time when bands like Emanuel and the Fear will start as an idea in the studio and become real because there’s nothing standing in their way.
An 11-piece Read more...
Imagine sitting in front of a desktop monitor. You are immersed in a multimedia matrix of musicians jamming in a bath of b-flat sonorities, as a poet reads his own touching words. Strangely beautiful. Now… imagine experiencing that while sitting in a top-notch ad music studio in New York City. Read more...
